<p>Let your son choose the schedule he wants. He will do best when he likes the classes most. He has a forced choice to make and all of his options are good. Don’t worry that a different choice could have been better for the college apps. Remember he has to live his senior year of HS and should make it the best one for him, not for gaming the application process. He will not regret choosing the classes he wants instead of ones he “should” have taken. Let him decide if he wants the Academic Decathalon class (an EC around here) instead of any others.</p>